"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
If you see Kay, you got to revel
No angel wings more like the devil
She was so hot, so cool and nasty
Believe it or not here's what she asked me,
If you need love with no condition
Let's Do the Do honey I'm on a mission'
Ain't no mistakin', my body's shakin'
My soul's been taken
By a Devil with a New Disguise
The girl's so witchin', my backbone's twitchin'
Cause down in Hell's kitchen
The Devil's got a New Disguise
If you see Kay, tell her I love her
She did me in but I'll recover
She said love was her desire
All that she touched she set on fire
She was so diss, I couldn't slay her
She blew a kiss, I threw the dagger
Ain't no mistakin', my body's shakin'
My soul's been taken
By a Devil with a New Disguise
The girl's so witchin', my backbone's twitchin'
Cause down in Hell's kitchen
The Devil's got a New Disguise
She came from the wrong side of town
Every time she got off she gets knocked back down
She's Heaven materialized
She's givin' me Hell but it ain't no surprise
She's a bit uncivilized
No angel wings more like the devil
She was so hot, so cool and nasty
Believe it or not here's what she asked me,
If you need love with no condition
Let's Do the Do honey I'm on a mission'
Ain't no mistakin', my body's shakin'
My soul's been taken
By a Devil with a New Disguise
The girl's so witchin', my backbone's twitchin'
Cause down in Hell's kitchen
The Devil's got a New Disguise
If you see Kay, tell her I love her
She did me in but I'll recover
She said love was her desire
All that she touched she set on fire
She was so diss, I couldn't slay her
She blew a kiss, I threw the dagger
Ain't no mistakin', my body's shakin'
My soul's been taken
By a Devil with a New Disguise
The girl's so witchin', my backbone's twitchin'
Cause down in Hell's kitchen
The Devil's got a New Disguise
She came from the wrong side of town
Every time she got off she gets knocked back down
She's Heaven materialized
She's givin' me Hell but it ain't no surprise
She's a bit uncivilized
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Little Feat
Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.
omg pple..the lyrics here are sooo wronggg...
first of all in the begginning line he says
"sweet susie Q..she was a rebel no angel wings more like the devil.." then so on.
THEN..in the first line of the secound verse its- F.U.C.K. tell her i love her
And finally, in the chorus it says- "This girls so bitchen my backbones twitchen cause down in hells kitchen the devils got a new disguise.."
listen and you will see. =] ilovethis song btwbs.